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STEM WORDS

DELINEATE• down• line• to cause

• To cause to line down

•TO OUTLINE

• de• lin• ate

EMOLLIENT•e•mol

•out•soft

•Soften out

•SOFTENER

RETROGRADE•retro•grad

•back•step

•Step back

•BACKWARD

MELANCHOLY

•mela •black

•BD: black

•DARK SADNESS

INTRACRANIAL

•intra•cranio

•within•skull

• BD: within skull

•WITHIN THE SKULL

CARDIOVASCULAR

•Cardio•vas

•heart

•vessel•BD: heart and vessels

•OF THE HEART AND VESSELS

EPIPHANY•epi•phan

• on• appearance

BD: appearance on

• REVELATION

INHERENT•in•here

•in•stick

•BD: Stick in

•BUILT-IN

CORPULENT•corp •body

•BD: body

•FULL-BODIED

DICHOTOMY•Dicho•tomy

•in 2 parts•cut

•BD: cut in 2 parts

•TWO-PART DIVISION

PATHOLOGICAL

•patho•logy

•disease•study of

BD: study of disease

•DISEASED

CRYPTIC•crypt •hidden

BD: Hidden

HAVING HIDDEN MEANING

PATHOGEN• patho• gen

• disease• beginning

•BD: beginning of disease

•DISEASE-CAUSER

RECTIFY•rect•fy

•right•make

•Make right

•CORRECT

PETROGLYPH•petra •rock

•BD: rock

•ROCK CARVING